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Sikki Sikki

From Album Songs 2025 · 2025

Lyricist
G Senthil Perumal
Singer
Vijay Anand
Music director
Joan Ashik
Movie name
Album Songs 2025
Movie release year
2025
Lyrics added on
7 Dec 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Sikki sikki thavikkum manasula
Oru patha vacha theeya eriyura
Vittu vittu thudikkum idhayatha
Nee thalli vittu pora nerupula
Kanneerula naan nanaigiraen
Un mounathil naan udaigiraen
Kann paarvaiyil mull vaikura
Oru baaramaai ennai udaikiraai
Uyir naadiyaai nee odinaai
Unai thediyae naan vaadinaen
Uyir thozhiyaai mugam kaattinaai
Kai serummun mudivaagiraai
Eriyum theeyai
Edhirae vandhaai nee
Vidiyum paniyaai
Vilagi sendraai
Nijamellam kanavendraal
Un nizhalum poidhaano
Udal aanaai.. uyir aanaen
Uli aanaai …silai aanaen
Kadal serum nadhi pola,
Vizhi serndhu vali thandhaai
Kadikaaramaai unnai suttrinaen
En naatkalaai nee odinaai
Edhirkaalamai kai neetinaen
Kai serumun kanavaagiraai.
Sikki sikki thavikkum manasula
Oru patha vacha theeya eriyura
Vittu vittu thudikum idhayatha
Nee thalli vittu pora nerupula
Manadhoramaai adhigaaramaai
Nerungaamalae nee vaazhgiraai
Puyal kaalamaai varum sogamaai
Yedhai thediyae nee pogiraai
Uyir naadiyaai nee odinaai
Unai thediyae naan vaadinaen
Mudhal kadhalaai mugam kaatinaai
Mugam paarkkum munn mudivaagiraai
Theeyaai erigiraai idhaythil nee..
In my heart that is trapped and struggling,
You burn like a fire set ablaze.
This heart of mine that beats unevenly,
You push it into the fire and walk away.
I am drenched in tears,
I shatter in your silence.
You plant thorns in your gaze,
You crush me like a heavy burden.
You ran through my very pulse,
Searching for you, I withered away.
You appeared as my dearest soulmate,
Yet you end it before anything can blossom.
Like a blazing fire,
You appeared before me.
Like the morning dew,
You faded away.
If all this reality is just a dream,
Is even your shadow a lie?
You became the body, I became the soul.
You became the chisel, I became the sculpture.
Like a river joining the sea,
You met my eyes and left me in pain.
I circled around you like a clock,
While you slipped away like my passing days.
I reached out my hand toward the future,
Before our hands could meet, you became a dream.
In my heart that is trapped and struggling,
You burn like a fire set ablaze.
This heart of mine that beats unevenly,
You push it into the fire and walk away.
In a corner of my heart, ruling over me,
You live on without ever drawing close.
Like a stormy season, like arriving grief,
What are you searching for as you leave?
You ran through my very pulse,
Searching for you, I withered away.
You appeared as my first love,
Yet before I could look into your face, you came to an end.
You burn like a fire inside my heart.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This poignant track captures the deep emotional torment and heartache of unrequited love and separation. The protagonist expresses how their partner entered their life like a spark and soulmate, only to drift away like morning mist, leaving behind a trail of broken dreams, unbearable silence, and scorching pain. Throughout the song, vivid metaphors of fire, time, rivers, and statues illustrate how deeply intertwined the protagonist's existence was with their beloved, contrasting the tender promises of first love with the sudden agony of abandonment.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“Uli aanaai …silai aanaen”

Compares the lover to a chisel (uli) and the speaker to a statue (silai), implying that the lover shaped and carved their identity.

Simile (Upamai)

“Vidiyum paniyaai Vilagi sendraai”

Compares the beloved's sudden departure to morning mist or dew fading away at daylight.

Repetition (Adukku Thodar)

“Sikki sikki thavikkum manasula”

Repetition of words like 'Sikki sikki' and 'Vittu vittu' emphasizes the intensity of emotional entrapment and irregular heartbeat.

Rhyme/Assonance (Monai and Ethirai)

“Udal aanaai.. uyir aanaen / Uli aanaai …silai aanaen”

Initial sound harmony across paired lines creates a rhythmic Tamil poetic structure.

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Trivia

Featuring music by Joan Ashik and vocals by Vijay Anand with lyrics by G Senthil Perumal, this independent Tamil track draws heavily on classic poetic imagery such as dew (pani), chisel (uli), and fire (thee) to express modern romantic angst.

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